Attack, Defend and Persist: How the Fungal Pathogen Candida auris was Able to Emerge Globally in Healthcare Environments

AW de Jong, F Hagen - Mycopathologia, 2019 - Springer
Within a decade after its first description, the multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris has
emerged globally as a nosocomial pathogen causing difficult to control outbreaks. This …

Opportunistic yeast pathogen Candida spp.: Secreted and membrane-bound virulence factors

SJ Lim, MS Mohamad Ali, S Sabri… - Medical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Candidiasis is a fungal infection caused by Candida spp. especially Candida albicans, C.
glabrata, C. parapsilosis and C. tropicalis. Although the medicinal therapeutic strategies …

Phenotypic instability in fungi

P Silar - Advances in Applied Microbiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Fungi are prone to phenotypic instability, that is, the vegetative phase of these organisms, be
they yeasts or molds, undergoes frequent switching between two or more behaviors, often …